CH. XXIII 
EDUCATION 
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but it is rendered even more so by the overlapping of 
two sections and the further and increasingly difficult 
situation afforded by the half-caste and Eurasian. 
For many years the education of the country was 
entirely in the hands of the Missions, and no one can 
exaggerate the good work done by them. The first 
attempt to provide any State-aided education for 
European children was the Railway School in Nairobi, 
which school offered for some years in its turn almost 
the only chance a settler had of educating his family. 
At the present time the Government have seriously 
grappled with the problem, and every year sees an 
improvement in the facilities offered. The Protectorate 
has now a Director of Education, Mr. R. J. Orr, from 
whose energy and concentration of purpose much is 
expected. Under him there is the Board of Education 
and further on in the chain the various headmasters 
and their staff. 
A sum of £7,000 a year is at present set aside for 
educational purposes. This sum forms the basis for a 
good deal of self-praise from our Government, and is 
said to compare favourably with any similar grant in 
any similar colony. For myself I would rather regard 
it in connection with the work to be done and the 
various classes to be considered, and if one does so no 
man can say that it is excessive. This sum covers 
buildings, repairs, and salaries, besides all incidental 
expenditure connected with the education of the 
children of 3,500 Europeans, of 20,000 Indians, and 
two millions of natives. I cannot see that it is unduly 
large. Compare it with the vote on military expendi¬ 
ture ; or on the public works expenditure. It will 
stand the comparison. It might reasonably be thought 
that it would not be an egregious demand to ask that 
